ENDURED

Verb

endured

simple past tense and past participle of endure

Anagrams

• denuder, rudened

Source: Wiktionary


ENDURE

En*dure", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured; p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring.] Etym: [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]

1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. Their verdure still endure. Shak. He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii. 15.

2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee Ezek. xxii. 14.

En*dure", v. t.

1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather. Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure. Dryden.

2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate. I will no longer endure it. Shak. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10. How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people Esther viii. 6.

3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.] Manly limbs endured with little ease. Spenser.

Syn.

– To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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